Music
The aim of our Music curriculum at Baden-Powell & St. Peter’s is to provide a high quality and inclusive music experience for all our children; to engage and inspire children to develop a love of music; and to encourage their self-confidence, creativity and sense of self achievement. We provide our children with the skills to express themselves as composers, performers, improvisers and communicators. Our curriculum endeavours to expose children to the works of great musicians and composers (historical and current); to introduce a diverse variety of musical genres; to develop an appreciation of quality listening and appraising; and to see the importance of our school values of Respect, Friendship, Compassion, Aspiration and Resilience within different, musical contexts. We are passionate that music belongs to every child of every ability and that a love of music is something the children can take on with them to the wider world. Our musical opportunities nurture pupils’ talent and creativity, but most importantly, teach our children to use their voices, take part and celebrate their unique gift ‘with all their heart’.
The knowledge and skills that we have chosen to include in our Music curriculum derive directly from the objectives set out in the National Curriculum (2014), the Model Music Curriculum (2020) and are in line with CLP guidance for Music.
To make our Music curriculum as meaningful as possible, we have sequenced our Music units in a progressive format.
Lastly, we aim to highlight three substantive concepts which we consider to be integral to the subject of Music –Communicating, Experimenting and Expression. We weave these ideas throughout our topics to further increase the relevance and real-world application of the learning the children encounter.
Music - Overview | |||||
Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Year 3 | |||||
African Drumming | Singing & Vocal Work | Steel Pans | Music Notation (through recorders) | Composing | |
Substantive concepts: communication expression | Substantive concepts: communication expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: structure
| Substantive concepts: structure expression | |
Year 4 | |||||
Ukulele | Singing & Vocal Work | Steel Pans | Introduction To The Orchestra | Composing | |
Substantive concepts:# structure expression | Substantive concepts: communication expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: communication | Substantive concepts: structure expression | |
Year 5 | |||||
Ukulele | Singing & Vocal Work | Steel Pans | Composing | Hip Hop Composing (using YuStudio) | |
Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: communication expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: structure communication expression | |
Year 6 | |||||
Samba | Singing & Vocal Work | Steel Pans | Composing | Composing (using Garage Band) | |
Substantive concepts: structure communication | Substantive concepts: communication expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | Substantive concepts: structure expression | |